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Right, where do we see LSW by 2030? Separately, what would LSW need to be and/or do to be in a better position? Finally, what’s your ideal point for LSW? My answers are: 1. Adults welcome moves into a new direction, display remains the focus. Skyline style sets (I.e Apple, NewYork) are released including Cloud City, Hoth, and Endor, as are Star Wars monuments which are mid-scale locations such as the Jedi Temple, the Death Star, and Starkiller Base. Helmets and mid-scale starships/vehicles remain with 1-2 released each year. This also includes another avenue where Smart brick sets which are well-integrated into the theme with vast improvements in sound quality and accuracy, design, cost, and the operational workings of smart bricks such as charger capacity and availability. 2. A better balance between display and play, interior and exterior, and less corner cutting measures including reducing the number of stickers, more accurate or more new moulds, and better interiors. The value proposition needs to be better. A more favourable ratio for traditional LEGO sets compared with smart brick technology, and Adults Welcome sets. 3. Affordable, play-scale sets become the norm once again. A greater emphasis on niche areas of the Skywalker saga. Better battle packs. A new sub-theme of 16+ sets which serve as a bridge between flagship playscale and UCS (more Tantive IV 2019). A desire to release versions of sets which are the best version of that set they can do, which includes nailing the price point.

You’d have thought an ISD is on the way, perhaps we may get Thrawn’s? Yes to the Nubian.

I still don’t know how this hasn’t been released. The only thing I’d want from S7 is the Mint coloured Clone Pilot.

The next 3 helmets need to be: - Phase I Clone Pilot - Sabine Wren - Death Star Gunner The next buildable character/droid needs to be: - General Grievous The next starship collection set needs to be: - RazorCrest The next mid-scale vehicle needs to be: - Republic Dropship with AT-TE Walker The next battle pack needs to be: - TK Stormtroopers

Different.

Would buy all these instantly.

Loved the Speeder Bike design in the recent Maul episodes this week. Would be the perfect build for a TK Stormtrooper BP, or something similar.

Yes to these! Haven’t thought about Solo for a while, but these would go down well! Ironically, we need Star Wars content to really slow down for these to return, or a change in strategy that gives more options for traditional sets.

Separatist Shuttle £69.99: General Grievous, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Wat Tambor, Battle Droid Pilot Palpatine’s Shuttle £89.99: Emperor Palpatine, Battle Damaged Anakin Skywalker, Darth Vader, Clone Pilot, Medical Droid Jedi Eta-class Shuttle £99.99: Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ahsoka Tano Ahsoka Tano’s T-6 Jedi Shuttle £129.99: Ahsoka Tano, Sabine Wren, Huyang

These are the ones for me. I can’t believe we haven’t seen the helmets (including Death Trooper) and the mid-scale.

I do think we need a counterpart to the Battle Droid with STAP set. I know LEGO cancelled the technic, action figure style AT-RT with Clone Trooper along with the separate Super Battle Droid a while back, but that could be a winner. If not, a Clone Trooper with BARC speeder would give the display a horizontal dimension that I would welcome. I would also like to see a buildable Grievous. Agree with @Mandalorianknight’s above post. Mid-Scale Landmarks etc would work well and I would like to see a Death Star II, Jedi Temple, and a Cloud City.

All these are needed. It’s the most under-represented movie in LEGO, there’s some absolute bangers here regardless of the overall sentiment of the movie. Think you need a Sith Sovereign Protector in there, though…somewhere!

Just shows there’s plenty left in the mid-scale range. Good ideas. Love these ideas. I actually think the Sequels will benefit downscaling as most won’t want or need re-releases of the sets but they could be tempted with smaller, more affordable versions. The Tie Silencer and the Resistance Bomber are my favourite designs in all of the Sequels. Sadly I cannot see an up-scaled Bomber ever - more likely to see a smaller version! I could see a red mid-scale version, though.

It sounds like diorama's and helmets have been replaced with mid-scale ships and busts. Time will tell if this is the case; it could well be that they rotate each year as helmets seemingly went and then came back in 2025. I would like this solution because it would make the 18+ feel less stagnant. With that being said, what could the busts sub-theme bring? Phase I Clone Trooper The Mandalorian Stormtrooper Darth Maul Boba Fett Ahsoka Tano Scout Trooper Not sure how they will do the human characters such as Luke and Anakin Skywalker. I do think mid-scale ships have not got too many years left, unless they go all in on the AT-AT style mid-scale. Mid-scale AT-TE Mid-Scale Republic Gunship Mid-scale Turbo Tank Mid-scale Frigate Mid-scale Imperial Shuttle Mid-scale Slave One Mid-scale AT-ST Walker Mid-scale GR-75 Transport Mid-scale RazorCrest

All fantastic ideas! Would really help the theme. Now, that is a big set! But a phenomenal idea. I really like both of these.

Read this promotional article on LEGO.com. https://www.lego.com/en-gb/categories/adults-welcome/article/lego-star-wars-display Broad points: 1. UCS, Helmet Collection, Diorama’s, Starship Collection, buildable droids and characters, Brickheadz are targeted for adults. 2. These sets exist to counteract the space required for UCS sets. 3. Helmets are described as compact in all dimensions 4. Larger brickbuilt droids are described as a manageable size; Buildable characters do not need much space. 5. Starship collection is on a smaller scale, a “pocket friendly”, direct alternative to UCS “titans”. 6. Display is paramount to 18+ - “It’s time to move beyond the vision of great big museum-style display cases and prove that even a single shelf can become a striking LEGO Star Wars display“. Although is it not mentioned, it is hard not to assume downscaled play-scale sets follow this same line of thought so adults can display them and children can too if they want. At some point this design philosophy and strategy will move on. I am obsessed with how this might and should look because it’s going to define the next several years once it’s implemented. Ultimately, I think it’s created a stale environment but has skyrockets profits. I won’t critique this strategy, instead I have the following questions. 1. If LEGO follow this same philosophy above, how should they have done it and how should they now do it? 2. If LEGO were to move away from this philosophy, what should the future look like?

Flagship sets - 10-14+. Lower tier than Signatures. Tantive IV 1250 pcs, £140 Includes: Princess Leia Organa, Bail Organa, Captain Antilles, Rebel Friend, Rebel Fleet Trooper, C3-PO, R2-D2 Hoth Echo Base 1150 pcs, £140 Includes: Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia Organa, Chewbacca, General McQuarrie, Sergeant Callum, Dak Ralter, Hoth Rebel Trooper (x2), C3-PO, R2-D2, 2-1B Medical Droid - moulded Tauntaun Rebel GR-75 Transport 1250 pcs, £140 Includes: Princess Leia Organa, General Rieekan, Toryn Farr, Hoth Rebel Trooper (x3) Imperial AT-AT Walker 1350 pcs, £160 Includes: Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Imperial Officer, Imperial AT-AT Driver, Stormtrooper, Endor Rebel Trooper (x2) Imperial AT-ACT Walker 1500 pcs, £180 Includes: Chirrut Imwe, Baze Malbus, Pao, Imperial AT-ACT Driver, Death Trooper, ShoreTrooper (x2) Luthen Rael’s Fondor Haulcraft 1200 pcs, £140 Includes: Luthen Rael, Cassian Andor, Vel Sartha, Bix Caleen Mos Espa Podrace 1350 pcs, £160 Includes: Anakin Skywalker, Sebulba, Ben Q, Watto, Shmi Skywalker, Fodesinbeed Annodue, Kitster, Pit Droid Naboo Royal Starship 1200 pcs, £140 Includes: Qui-Gon Jinn, Queen Amidala, Captain Paneka, Ric Olie, Darth Maul, Anakin Skywalker, R2-D2 CIS Landing Craft 1400 pcs, £170 Includes: General Grievous, Magnaguard (x2), Tactical Droid, Battle Droid Pilot, Battle Droid (x4) Republic SPHA-T 1300 pcs, £160 Includes: Aayla Secura, Agen Kolar, Roth Del-Masona, Phase I Clone Lieutenant, Phase I Clone Trooper (x3) The Invisible Hand 1400 pcs, £170 Includes: General Grievous, Count Dooku, Battle Droid Pilot, Security Battle Droid, Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Chancellor Palpatine The Finalizer 1350 pcs, £150 Includes: Kylo Ren, General Hux, Rey, First Order Officer, First Order Stormtrooper (x2) Resistance Troop Carrier Fortitude 1250 pcs, £160 Includes: Finn, Jannah, Beaumont Kin, Pilot Dreanna Conunda, Pilot Gandris Dyun, Sith Trooper (x2) - moulded Orbak Final Order Star Destroyer 1400 pcs, £170 Includes: General Pryde, Final Order Fleet Technician, Ap’lek, Cardo, Kuruk, Trudgen, Ushar, Vicrul

Always thought the dining room would work well as a diorama, I was convinced a few years back we’d see it. Touché on the large scale Slave One.

Double pack sets: Naboo Starfighter vs Vulture Droid £49.99: Anakin Skywalker, R2-D2, Naboo Engineer, Droid Pilot, Security Battle Droid Republic Y-Wing vs CIS Proton Cannon £109.99 - see previous entry on the last page. Z-95 Headhunter vs Droid Tri Fighter £79.99: Phase II Clone Pilot, Clone Flight Crew Member, Droid Pilot, Admiral Trench Poe’s X-Wing Fighter vs First Order Tie Fighter £84.99: Poe Dameron, BB-8, First Order Tie Pilot, First Order Heavy Gunner Kylo Ren’s Tie Silencer vs Resistance A-Wing £69.99: Kylo Ren, Resistance Pilot, Lieutenant Connix, First Order Stormtrooper Executioner Tie Dagger vs Poe’s X-Wing Fighter £99.99: Poe Dameron, BB-8, First Order Tie Pilot, Sith Jumptrooper Imperial V-Wing vs Rebel T-47 Airspeeder £59.99: Imperial V-Wing Pilot, Imperial Purge Trooper, Rebel Pilot, Rebel Commando Wookie Catamaran vs Corporate Alliance Tank Droid £89.99: Tarfful, Wookie Warrior, 41st Elite Corps Trooper, Battle Droid (x3) Wookie Ornithopter vs Droid Gunship £79.99: Yoda, Commander Gree, Wookie Warrior (x2), Super Battle Droid (x2)

Cheap playscale sets. Inspired by the Carbon Freezing Chamber and Hoth Medical Chamber sets. Death Star Detention Centre £24.99: Han Solo, Princess Leia, Imperial Officer, Death Star Trooper Yavin IV Watchtower £24.99: Rebel Fleet Trooper, Rebel Honour Guard, Imperial Jumptrooper Hoth Wampa Cave £24.99: Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, moulded Wampa + Tauntaun Bespin Junkyard £24.99: Ugnaught, Chewbacca, C3-PO Endor Speeder Bike Chase £24.99: Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Scout Trooper Gian Speeder £29.99: Padme Amidala (Theed), Naboo Royal Guard, Naboo Security Guard Geonosian Cannon & Dwarf Spider Droid £24.99: Winged Geonosian, Geonosian Battle Droid (x2), Luminara Unduli Duel on Geonosis £24.99: Count Dooku, Yoda Mace Windu’s Jedi Interceptor £34.99: Mace Windu, R4-M6 Obi-Wan’s Jedi Interceptor (blue) £34.99: Obi-Wan Kenobi, R4-P17 Rey’s Speeder £24.99: Rey, Constable Zuvio BB-8 Canto Bight Police Speeder £24.99: Canto Bight Policeman, Finn, Rose, moulded Fathier Duel on Crait £19.99: Luke Skywalker, Kylo Ren Force Bond Duel £19.99: Kylo Ren, Rey I will let people imagine what should/would be included in the sets.

I like all these ideas. The Death Star Trench Run is probably one of my favourite ideas ever - what a good set that would be! The Gunboat = High-Altitude Entry Transport-221.

Battle Pack supremacy. Defined my childhood. Cheapest way to have the most fun. A sign of a good era is strong battle packs. There’s many choices, LEGO release them. New Republic Troopers - New Republic Soldier (x3), New Republic Officer Includes - Vehicle TBC Death Star Troopers - Death Star Trooper, Death Star Gunner, Stormtrooper (x2) Includes: Death Star Turbo Laser Turret Anaxes Clone Troopers - Anaxes Clone Trooper (x4) Includes: Speeder Bike 212th Clone Troopers - Phase II Clone Trooper (x3), Airborne Trooper Includes: Gunboat Endor Forces BP - Rebel Commando, Rebel Trooper (x2), Ewok Warrior Includes: Speeder Bike, Ewok Glider Naboo Forces BP - Naboo Security Officer (x2), Gungan Warrior (x2) Includes: Flash Speeder, Kaadu, catapult Geonosis Clone Troopers - ARF Trooper (x2), Phase II Clone Trooper, Flametrooper Includes: AT-RT (grey, orange, yellow) 501st Specialist Troopers - Phase II Arc Trooper, Phase II ARF Trooper, Airborne Trooper (x2) Includes: Falchion Tank 91st Mobile Recon Troopers - Barc Trooper, Phase II 91st Corps Trooper (x3) Includes: Barc Speeder CIS Specialists BP - Tactical Droid, Commando Droid (x2), Sniper Droideka Includes: Flitknot speeder, command centre Resistance Forces BP - Ovissian Gunner, Caphex Spy, Resistance Soldier (x2) Includes: Turret, Speeder Bike Final Order Troopers - Sith Trooper, Final Order Technician, Sith Sovereign Protector (x2) Includes: Laser Turret Cannon Kashyyyk Forces BP - 41st Elite Corps Trooper (x2), Wookie Warrior (x2) Includes: Defence turret, Barc speeder Sandtrooper BP - Sandtrooper x4 (Orange pauldron, white pauldron, black pauldron, no pauldron) Includes: Dewback, ground turret Advanced Rebel Trooper BP - Rebel Commando, Rebel Vanguard, Bothan Spy, Rebel Sniper Includes: Rebel Hovertank (AAC-1) TK Stormtroopers - TK Stormtrooper (x2), Imperial Commando, TK Shock Trooper Includes: AT-AC Walker

On reflection, my Signatures idea could just be 14+ or 16+. On that basis, here are my top 10 sets for this “sub-theme”. In my mind, atleast 2 should be released each year. Jabba’s Sail Barge, Desert Skiff and the Great Pit of Carkoon 1850 pcs, £220 Minifigures: Jabba the Hutt, Salacious B Crumb, Huttslayer Leia, Luke Skywalker, Boba Fett, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Lando Calrissian (Skiff Guard), Max Rebo, Nysad, Brock Starsher, Pagetti Rook, R2-D2, C3-PO Republic Dropship and AT-TE Walker 2000 pcs, £250 Minifigures: 2 Exclusive Jedi, 2 Phase I Clone Pilot, 4 Phase I Clone Troopers Boba Fett’s Slave 1 1550 pcs, £180 Minifigures: Boba Fett, Han Solo, Lando Calrissian, Princess Leia Organa, Bespin Guard, Stormtrooper Republic Venator Class Cruiser 2000 pcs, £250 Minifigures: Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ahsoka Tano, Phase II Captain Rex, Phase II Commander Cody, Republic Officer (x2), Medical Droid Nebulon B Frigate 1650 pcs, £190 Minifigures: Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia Organa, Han Solo, Chewbacca, R2-D2, C3-PO, Rebel Pilot, Medical Droid Republic Gunship 1650 pcs, £200 Minifigures: Yoda, Mace Windu, Ki-Adi Mundi, Phase I Clone Pilot (x2), Phase I Clone Trooper (x3) Republic Frigate 1550 pcs, £170 Minifigures: Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Maoi Makador, Antidar Williams, TC-14, Republic Astromech Droid Millennium Falcon 1800 pcs, £220 Minifigures: Han Solo, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, C3-PO, Darth Vader, Snowtrooper Commander, Snowtrooper Tantive III 1700 pcs, £190 Minifigures: Bail Organa, Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padme Amidala, Captain Jeremoch Colton Imperial Landing Craft 1500 pcs, £180 Minifigures: Imperial Pilot, Sandtrooper Captain, Sandtrooper (x3), Garindan, Ben Kenobi, Luke Skywalker, Moulded Dewback

Love all these ideas!

The Clone Wars set ideas - I still think there’s scope for Clone Wars sets, clones or not. Jedi Ambassador Shuttle £79.99: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Quinlan Vos Republic Y-Wing Starfighter vs CIS Proton Cannon £109.99: Phase I.5 Clone Pilot, Mace Windu, Phase II Anaxes Clone Trooper, Tactical Droid, Battle Droid 501st Clone Trooper Specialists £19.99: ARC Trooper, ARF Trooper, Airborne Clone Trooper (x2)